To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Life should be great rather than long.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.
